Is this sufficient for clams?

[koniyakutz]

Hi guys,

I'm planning to get a clam to colour up my 2ft*1.5ft*1,5ft tank, is 36W*2 PL and 24W*4 HO T5 sufficient?

Tks

[FuEl]

Wow more than sufficient even for sps. Does'nt the lights boil your water?

[tineng]

enough lar...i had clams with only 2x36w pl.....but place my clams quite high up in the rockworks

[Star Polyps]

Good enough to keep some bright coloured clams which are light demanding.

[Copperband]

imo.... go for maxima or squamosa clams....... crocea clams i believe will only thrive on 400w metal halide... its my opinion only...... i might be wrong...

[Achilles Tang]

It's possible but you have to position them such they can maximum light to thrive.

[blueheaven]

imo.... go for maxima or squamosa clams....... crocea clams i believe will only thrive on 400w metal halide... its my opinion only...... i might be wrong...

I had a crocea that thrived for about 3 months in my previous tank under 110w of PLs. To bad I had sold it away

[koniyakutz]

guys.

Besides light, clams also require zooplankton right? Also, they enjoy strong currents?

[blueheaven]

Smaller clams prefer phytoplankton but the larger ones can depend on algae symbiosis alone

[Vili_Shark]

Strong direct current are not good.

The clam will show you it dont like it and wont open.

Strong currents in the tank are good to maintain high oxygen levels in the water and to keep the water quality high, however clams wont like any stream or turbelle or any other strong power head to heat it directly from a close range.

For feeding, small clams really like nanochloropsis, which you can grow your own.

Good luck.